Author Topic: Yukari Quest - A Z-machine Adventure  (Read 41187 times)

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Re: Yukari Quest - A Z-machine Adventure
« Reply #150 on: January 26, 2013, 03:48:24 PM »
>Frown slightly. "The vaunted 'brain of the moon' isn't company I'm overly fond of, though I suppose I could make an exception, should the need arise."
>"May I assume you yourself have played a game or two with the residents of Eientei?"

>"Alas, not," says Yuyuko. "They so rarely visit."

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Re: Yukari Quest - A Z-machine Adventure
« Reply #151 on: January 26, 2013, 04:03:45 PM »
>Are we in the habit of transporting visitors to Yuyuko, or is the gesture even welcome? She must not get many visitors, after all, this being a rather out of the way locale.

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Re: Yukari Quest - A Z-machine Adventure
« Reply #152 on: January 26, 2013, 04:17:26 PM »
>Are we in the habit of transporting visitors to Yuyuko, or is the gesture even welcome? She must not get many visitors, after all, this being a rather out of the way locale.

>You don't transport people to Yuyuko, she generally does not enjoy people popping in at random. You, of course, are quite a few steps higher than people.  Visitors in general are highly unusual, the seal between this world and Gensokyo was only recently broken. You do know she enjoys when people come to visit more normally, so you've left it go for now.

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Re: Yukari Quest - A Z-machine Adventure
« Reply #153 on: January 26, 2013, 04:23:36 PM »
>"Hm...Where do you think that little Tournament idea I had should be held though? I daresay it would be a fun way to kill time, would it not?"
>Presumably, we can weave a suitable venue into existence, yes?
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Re: Yukari Quest - A Z-machine Adventure
« Reply #154 on: January 26, 2013, 05:45:54 PM »
>"Hm...Where do you think that little Tournament idea I had should be held though? I daresay it would be a fun way to kill time, would it not?"
>Presumably, we can weave a suitable venue into existence, yes?


>"Well, we would need someplace that everyone is comfortable," says Yuyuko. "Who are we inviting? That's the main thing. Then we would need to think of refreshments. Oh, and prizes!"
>Your powers are indeed mighty, but you cannot conjure buildings. You've built a few in your time, but you'd prefer not to have to go that far.

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Re: Yukari Quest - A Z-machine Adventure
« Reply #155 on: January 26, 2013, 05:58:36 PM »
>"Indeed, that too is important! We'll have to make sure the prizes are things that even the most ascetic of hermits would want to have. We do have to give people a reason to compete after all. I was considering making it a Gensokyo-wide sort of affair you know."
>What do we know about refreshments and the like?
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« Reply #156 on: January 26, 2013, 06:32:45 PM »
>"Indeed, that too is important! We'll have to make sure the prizes are things that even the most ascetic of hermits would want to have. We do have to give people a reason to compete after all. I was considering making it a Gensokyo-wide sort of affair you know."
>What do we know about refreshments and the like?

>"Yes, yes," says Yuyuko. "We mustn't leave anyone out!"
>If you really wanted to, you are perfectly capable of handling such an event. But that would take more work than you'd normally be willing to put in. You could probably get Ran to do it, but you'd much rather have someone else be stuck with that task. If nothing else, though, it is not difficult to arrange for the actual foodstuffs and drinks to be prepared.

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Re: Yukari Quest - A Z-machine Adventure
« Reply #157 on: January 26, 2013, 06:37:37 PM »
>Well, nothing wrong with having people utilize our input though. We are renowned as one of the greatest of the Youkai Sages, are we not?
>Let's get some of Yuyu's input on this matter in fact. "As for refreshments though, what would you suggest? We can't exactly have the players getting so drunk that they cannot play correctly after all."
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Re: Yukari Quest - A Z-machine Adventure
« Reply #158 on: January 26, 2013, 06:43:08 PM »
>Well, nothing wrong with having people utilize our input though. We are renowned as one of the greatest of the Youkai Sages, are we not?
>Let's get some of Yuyu's input on this matter in fact. "As for refreshments though, what would you suggest? We can't exactly have the players getting so drunk that they cannot play correctly after all."

>You suppose you could offer some advice, at least.
>"I don't see why not," says Yuyuko, frowning as she finishes off her slice of sashimi. "Isn't that a part of the game, too?"

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Re: Yukari Quest - A Z-machine Adventure
« Reply #159 on: January 26, 2013, 06:46:35 PM »
>Chuckle "True, but tournaments are supposed to be exciting. They can't exactly wow the crowd if they aren't at their best after all~"
>"Though that's not to say that the crowd can't enjoy a little alcohol~'
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Re: Yukari Quest - A Z-machine Adventure
« Reply #160 on: January 26, 2013, 07:01:22 PM »
>Chuckle "True, but tournaments are supposed to be exciting. They can't exactly wow the crowd if they aren't at their best after all~"
>"Though that's not to say that the crowd can't enjoy a little alcohol~'

>"I think that they would be quite exciting if they were allowed to drink as they pleased," says Yuyuko. "In both cases."

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Re: Yukari Quest - A Z-machine Adventure
« Reply #161 on: January 26, 2013, 07:05:00 PM »
>Is that usually the case with such things?
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« Reply #162 on: January 26, 2013, 07:32:38 PM »
>Is that usually the case with such things?

>Well, it does add an extra degree of something to a round of mahjong, but you don't know what it'd do for anyone spectating. Then again, you aren't sure how many people would actually be interested in watching.

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« Reply #163 on: January 26, 2013, 08:57:52 PM »
>If we're going to invite crowds and make a big commotion out of this, there's one venue that stands out: the Hakurei shrine LOL.
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Re: Yukari Quest - A Z-machine Adventure
« Reply #164 on: January 26, 2013, 09:04:59 PM »
>Yes, mahjong isn't exactly a spectator sport, is it?
>"Perhaps something alcoholic could simply be present among other options."

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« Reply #165 on: January 26, 2013, 09:22:20 PM »
>If we're going to invite crowds and make a big commotion out of this, there's one venue that stands out: the Hakurei shrine LOL.

>You imagine that Reimu would hate that. Which makes it all the more appealing, really.

>Yes, mahjong isn't exactly a spectator sport, is it?
>"Perhaps something alcoholic could simply be present among other options."

>You imagine a few people could watch it and enjoy it, but not many. There is also the problem of spectators shouting out the tiles they can see.
>"Certainly," says Yuyuko.

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Re: Yukari Quest - A Z-machine Adventure
« Reply #166 on: January 27, 2013, 05:27:04 AM »
>Current state of our-
>What am I thinking, we never use our own alcohol when someone else's will do.
>Who do we usually pilfer drinks from for such an event? Alternatively, where do we acquire our drinks when we're feeling legitimate?

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Re: Yukari Quest - A Z-machine Adventure
« Reply #167 on: January 27, 2013, 07:50:37 AM »
>Actually, several people have the power to sequester the players. Kyouko or Luna Child, for example.
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Re: Yukari Quest - A Z-machine Adventure
« Reply #168 on: January 27, 2013, 09:40:46 AM »
>Kyouko, maybe, but you'd have to be insane to trust a fairy with... well, with anything, really.

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Re: Yukari Quest - A Z-machine Adventure
« Reply #169 on: January 27, 2013, 10:33:19 AM »
>Current state of our-
>What am I thinking, we never use our own alcohol when someone else's will do.
>Who do we usually pilfer drinks from for such an event? Alternatively, where do we acquire our drinks when we're feeling legitimate?

>For personal use, you tend to help yourself to whatever stock that you don't think will be noticed as missing, or at least will be blamed on someone else.  This leaves you pretty much anyone's stock but what you may find in the Ancient City. In larger cases, you may venture outside to a few places you know that use proper methods.
>If you were considering obtaining it legitimately, you imagine the Ancient City could sell you most anything that you would like.

>Actually, several people have the power to sequester the players. Kyouko or Luna Child, for example.
>Kyouko, maybe, but you'd have to be insane to trust a fairy with... well, with anything, really.

>You decide against Luna Child after the thought comes to mind; she is not very powerful and is certainly not dependable enough. That yamabiko, though, she might do. But then you are left with the idea of an audience that cannot hear its performers, and performers that cannot hear their audience, which certainly wouldn't do.
>"What would we offer to the winners, though?" says Yuyuko.

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« Reply #170 on: January 27, 2013, 12:07:35 PM »
>"Hmmmm.... I think it would need to be something unusual, something suitably inciting; we'd want to attract the interest of those who might otherwise decline, no? I think the more rare the melange that attend this affair, the more interesting it will be, no?"

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« Reply #171 on: January 27, 2013, 12:11:24 PM »
>"Hmmmm.... I think it would need to be something unusual, something suitably inciting; we'd want to attract the interest of those who might otherwise decline, no? I think the more rare the melange that attend this affair, the more interesting it will be, no?"

>"Oh, I quite agree," says Yuyuko. "But what should it be?"

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« Reply #172 on: January 27, 2013, 08:45:54 PM »
>Do we have any magic items in our stockpile that we don't personally have much use for, we think that several people in Gensokyo would like to get their hands on, and wouldn't cause any real problems if they did so?

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Re: Yukari Quest - A Z-machine Adventure
« Reply #173 on: January 27, 2013, 09:01:48 PM »
>Do we have any magic items in our stockpile that we don't personally have much use for, we think that several people in Gensokyo would like to get their hands on, and wouldn't cause any real problems if they did so?

>That depends on who you're trying to appeal to, really. You could think of a few trinkets that are either particularly flashy or whose use is no longer valid or possible, or that just were not made well enough to fulfill the function they were purported to have. Of course, if you offered something too dangerous-sounding, it might prompt Reimu, or someone like-minded, to try and shut the whole thing down...

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Re: Yukari Quest - A Z-machine Adventure
« Reply #174 on: January 27, 2013, 09:02:58 PM »
>Well, let's think of what we have that we know just about anyone worth their salt would desire.
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Re: Yukari Quest - A Z-machine Adventure
« Reply #175 on: January 27, 2013, 09:56:11 PM »
>Do we have something which doesn't sound dangerous, per se, but which holds the promise of some interesting secret within it? Like, say, the equivalent of some kind of magical puzzle box with something harmless inside?

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« Reply #176 on: January 27, 2013, 10:13:59 PM »
>Well, let's think of what we have that we know just about anyone worth their salt would desire.

>Do we have something which doesn't sound dangerous, per se, but which holds the promise of some interesting secret within it? Like, say, the equivalent of some kind of magical puzzle box with something harmless inside?

>You contemplate such an item, and find your thoughts turning to something more mysterious. Something reasonably harmless, but interestin, something that would appeal to many particular groups, but be ultimately harmless...
>After a moment, it comes to you. A little something you have tucked away into a corner of your manor in Mayohiga . A scroll, penned and illustrated by Abe no Seimei, one of the great onmyoji of the Heian era, who may have been part youkai himself (you never got around to checking before he passed away). The scroll is an early draft of his Senji Ryakketsu, a treatise on the art of onmyodo, with some wording changes here and there. You imagine, to a scholarly sort, it might quite valuable, or a collector. But, should you advertise it as a scroll belonging to one of the great onmyoji of history...
>"Yukari?" says Yuyuko.

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Re: Yukari Quest - A Z-machine Adventure
« Reply #177 on: January 27, 2013, 10:16:23 PM »
>"Oh, I was just thinking about the prize. I might have an idea as to what it should be, but how to go about advertising..."
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Re: Yukari Quest - A Z-machine Adventure
« Reply #178 on: January 27, 2013, 10:22:18 PM »
>"Oh, I was just thinking about the prize. I might have an idea as to what it should be, but how to go about advertising..."

>"Well, how do you intend to run it?" says Yuyuko.

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Re: Yukari Quest - A Z-machine Adventure
« Reply #179 on: January 27, 2013, 11:26:29 PM »
>"Well, how do you intend to run it?" says Yuyuko.

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> "Either double elimination or single elimination, and either single game or 3 game matches, I suppose. Do you have any thoughts?"